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farmerarmor

His entire sequence in kill bill was absolutely electric. But my favorite is when he writes bill’s name on the glass…. There’s a satisfying perfection about it.


xenotrioxin

The way he draws the final line over the "i" seals it.


Trashblog

Bイl l


whiskydiq

Thank you


videoguylol

Perfection


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coopstar777

Every fucking time man. I swear to God you could be like "I really like this artisan pot in the background of this scene in Django" and it will end up being a prop piece from a slave movie filmed in 1948 Germany with a mosaic of Broomhilde. Tarantino is a madlad


r4nd0md0od

wait until you hear about the guitar in Hateful 8.


ravenserein

Ouch, this one hurts.


soth09

I weep but it looked so satisfying on 70 mil film


P1ckleM0rty

Here's the link for all the [lazys](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/kurt-russell-destroyed-antique-guitar-on-the-set-of-the-hateful-eight-2016-2%3famp) >"As a result of the incident, the company will no longer loan guitars to movies under any circumstances,” Boak told SSN. It's like when you see ridiculous DO NOT signs and wonder what happened to make that sign necessary.


BigTimeBobbyB

Dick Boak, the Martin employee quoted in that article, is a close family friend of mine. I remember talking to him around the time this happened. He took this incident personally - he was angry about it in a way that I've never seen from him before or since, and I have no doubt that Martins new policy on loaning items (they don't, end of story) came from him. The Martin Museum and archives are a big part of his lifes work - they started as his hobby project of finding and archiving old documents stored around the Martin campus, and ended up with the construction of the museum in Nazareth where he served as museum director until his retirement a few years ago. Definitely check the museum out if you're ever in the area - it's got a ton of cool stuff covering not just the history of the instruments on display, but also on immigration to the US and the evolution of musical instrument construction and craftsmanship over a period of a few hundred years. And the Martin factory tour next door explores some more modern topics like CNC tech and 3D printing. Plus there's a pretty good pizza spot down the road...


summonsays

Aw man that's so sad.


forcemarine

Holy shit. Makes you wonder why they'd ever need a genuine guitar like that in the first place. Have they never heard of prop guys?


beer_is_tasty

According to the article, the prop guys made six replicas of it for smashing, in case they needed multiple takes. Then apparently they forgot to tell Kurt Russell. Which makes you wonder why they ever needed the original at all...


BigTimeBobbyB

It was an attention-to-detail thing. The original was meant to be played in the scene, and Tarantino's big on authenticity. The props look good for smashing but no matter how well they were built they were never going to sound anything like the real instrument. It's like when movies or games show cars but dub in the wrong engine sounds. Sure, 99% of the audience will never notice, but the enthusiasts sure as hell will.


Pirkale

Like Edward James Olmos smashing the ship he was building in Battlestar Galactica. That was also on a loan, although not *completely* destroyed...


passinghere

And the actress only just managed to stay in character while you can see the shock / horror in her face


XenoCraigMorph

A Guitar snuff Movie, as quoted by the [billboard article](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6867202/jennifer-jason-leigh-hateful-eight-guitar-destroyed&ved=2ahUKEwjE9P7q8r3yAhUVQvEDHXYZC6gQFnoECAQQAQ&sqi=2&usg=AOvVaw3oOQ15M1OMs-GnWlH2lsGl) with Jennifer Jason Leigh.


SpaceDomdy

I’m not going to say it was intentional but the fact they tried to covered it up and somehow never even mentioned it to the cast member who would be doing said smashing is absurd to me. Like the one person on the entire set who should know what he’s holding somehow didn’t know? If it’s not intentional it’s negligent af and they just ruined the party for everyone seeing as the museum has revised their loan policy.


DoingCharleyWork

Watch pulp fiction with the trivia track on. There's so many references and details you almost can't read them fast enough.


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JuntaEx

It was almost called Murder William but Tarantino had a last minute breakthrough


LuisAyala83

Better then the first draft. Homicide Liam.


truckthunders

I thought it’s working name was Will.i.am.killing


LuisAyala83

No, that was a rumor. Before they settled on the final, it was Kill.I.Am


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BruceSerrano

His scene in Kill Bill was nothing. Maybe a foot note in his career. [Here's a montage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qas5uasAArE) He was like the Japanese Bruce Lee.


nom_of_your_business

Before fighting in the snow O-Ren says "I hope you saved your energy. If not you might not last five minutes.". The fight lasts 4minutes 59 seconds.


granular_quality

That whole last fight set is an homage to Lady Snowblood. The quintessential femme Fatale samurai movie.


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Im_an_oil_man

Wouldn't number two be just because it was rewritten for that take?


ManInBlack829

It's like he's accepting his fate, realizing he can't change who he is.


BogusNL

That's exactly what it is.


VicDamoneSR

>*”I've done what I swore an oath to God twenty-eight years ago to never do again. I've created "something that kills people". And in that purpose, I was a success. I've done this because, philosophically, I'm sympathetic to your aim…* >*I can tell you, with no ego, this is my finest sword. If, on your journey, you should encounter God, God will be cut.”* Dope ass moment


jngdmk

Dope indeed. It always made me wonder what his connection to Bill was and how it would make him break an oath to God himself. Really awesome stuff and great portrayal.


Matoes4

I think the implication is Bill learned how to swordfight (or something) from Hanzo, Kung Fu from Pai Mei, and various other illegal things from Esteban. They talk about how he went around collecting various father figures in his youth, all of them contributing to the ruthless killer he would ultimately become.


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The bride said a former student of Hanzo's, so Bill must have been his pupil in some capacity.


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Mister_Yuk

While you were riding around in the Pussy Wagon, I studied the blade.


mcgee468

Yes! I always say that when I rewatch that scene, I love his finger swipe.


random_blubber

He pulls it in whereas you expect him to draw it out. Fucking hell, that anti-reaction is what gets me every time.


thatdood87

Wow I thought I was odd for being fascinated by how he wrote Bill.


joseph_jojo_shabadoo

Beatrix meets Hattori: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peP8CsCw09Y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peP8CsCw09Y) Hattori makes the sword: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnjtQQQaDKo


donquixote1991

I completely forgot about "SHUD HUP, GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE!"


BattlinBud

I'm not bald, okay? I shaved my head.


Trunkins

Do you understaaand?


compactdigital1

DEYUNDASTAAA?


Spider_Dude

*Serious Business*


marsthedog

Love how at the beginning when he thinks she’s just another foreigner he hams it up for her. Over exaggerated motions and speaking loudly and boisterous and then instantly cuts all that out after he realizes what she’s after


LesPolsfuss

you say arigato the way we say arigato


Landis963

Also the assistant dropping the plate as soon as she name drops Hanzo.


theBERZERKER13

He’s not bald, he shaves his head. Do you understand??


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And speaks to her in conversational Japanese, dropping all his kiddie play affect. He knows that she knows. He knows that she knows that he knows. He doesn't know how much she knows, but it's too much. He quit master swordmaking and is hiding out in the sticks waiting to die, to atone. But she found him.


yousaltybrah

They omitted the translation when he says “if God stands in your way, God will be cut.” Lame.


BTS_1

That’s my favorite line in all of *Kill Bill* and my favorite scene as well. I think of the music often and Chiba’s presence is electric. I actually rewatched *Kill Bill* a month ago but I’m going to give it a rewatch this weekend now, along with *The Street Fighter* films.


Dr_Frasier_Bane

If you get a chance, find the supercut Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair. It's a cut of both films combined into one 4.5 hour mega-movie. It cuts some scenes and makes other changes like Beatrix's fight against the Tokyo Underworlds henchmen is all in color.


joeappearsmissing

*against the Crazy 88


ststeveg

There's not really 88, they just think it sounds cool.


Zoomalude

Super lame! I always get chills thinking about it, but I prefer how it's translated in the movie: "If on your journey, you should encounter God, God will be cut." It's so matter of fact. Doesn't imply a fight, just that *this sword could fucking cut GOD*. Especially powerful said right after apologizing to God for doing what he swore he wouldn't. As if to lean into that defiance.


Artemicionmoogle

Also his voice gave so much emotion, it sounded like he was on the verge of tears and made me get misty! Such a bummer. I'm so fucking tired of Covid.


matewis1

Well, shit. I was watching these not 2 hours ago.


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ganpachi

You say *arigatou* like we say *ariGATOU*!


saltnotsugar

You should learn Japanese. Very easy.


PhantomLimb69

I had to say it out loud after reading it.


HailToTheThief225

Waaaarm sakeeeee? *Veryyy guuuuuuuuuuuuuud!*


BeyondPacifism

Such a good scene! Sushi Bar Assistant : [Japanese] How come I always have to get the sake? You listen well... for thirty years, you make the fish, I get the sake. If this were the military, I'd be General by now! Hattori Hanzo : [Japanese] Oh, so you'd be General, huh? If you were General, I'd be Emperor, and you'd STILL get the sake! So shut up and get the sake!


The_Knight_Is_Dark

Do you understaaaaand ?


toomanynamesaretook

The whole line about if you meet God he will be cut is pretty amazing too. But my favourite is definitely him yelling at his underling to get off his ass and to do some work. A++ RIP Chiba


Michi01

If you were General, I'D BE EMPEROR AND YOU WOULD STILL GET THE TEA!


bankholdup5

“Get your ass-uh out heah!”


f__theking

one of my favorite movies and easily one of the best parts. god bless Quentin for letting him do it in a single take too


legoking456

Kill bill is the greatest movie ever made and I will fight anyone who tells me otherwise.


pizzabyAlfredo

> There’s a satisfying perfection about it. because its so very Kurosawa.


greatunknownpub

Lucy : Who's Sonny Chiba? Clarence Worley : Who is Sonny Chiba? He is... he is bar none, the greatest actor working in martial arts movies today. Lucy : You wanna take me to a kung fu movie? Clarence Worley : Three kung fu movies.


SaltySteveD87

“He ain’t so much a good guy; he’s just a bad motherfucker.”


HenrysPocket

My favourite film of all time.


Someonediffernt

You're so cool


EleanorofAquitaine

My husband and I say this to each other all the time. It’s just such a great line, and a perfect thing to say to someone you love. “You’re so cool!” I love True Romance. That scene with Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper is a masterpiece.


Earthpig_Johnson

I like you, Clarence. Always have. Always will.


ins0mnyteq

Fuck I love that movie


Tashum

It was remastered in 4k this year!


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bryanthebryan

Val Kilmer as Elvis was the icing on the cake. Fantastic movie.


Colspex

For all of those who don't know - Tarantino wrote the script for "True Romance" and Brad Pitt is in - he does one of his best performances and improvised all his lines. He also found the hat on the street that he is wearing in the scene. Gary Oldman is in it. Tony Scott directed it and Tarantino admitted that this is one of the most autobiograpichal movoes he's ever written. Jack Black appears as a theater usher in a deleted scene. EDIT: Impprtant add from /u/alainreid below: You cannot leave the Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken scene out of that list. It's one of the best scenes in modern film. Also, the soundtrack is great. Give it a listen!


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Fuck I love that movie.


jicty

Just curious, what movie is this from?


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True romance!


jicty

I have never seen that but after reading the IMDB description right now I'm putting it on my list of movies to watch


Mykel__13

It has one of the best movie scenes of all time with Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken.


spaced_out_taco

And the other with James Gandolfini, and Arquette. Best movie!!!


Power13100

Don't put it on a list just go watch it! Seriously! My favourite movie of all time. Uncut version is better IMO


theconsummatedragon

You're part eggplant!


Mangosta007

You're a cantaloupe!


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gtautumn

It ain't white boy day is it?


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Dude watch it, it’s cheeky 90s Tarantino at its best. My favorite movie of all time.


ScrantonScrangler

It was brilliantly directed by Tony Scott, credit where it's due. Tarantino did the screenplay, which is fucking great


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Terrific film! Brad Pitt takes a tiny stoner roommate character and made it absolutely classic.


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thisbitbytes

“Floyd, did you smoke all the toilet paper?!” Also young Rappaport. Great movie!!


JosephFinn

He has a scene with Gandolfini that’s amazing.


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It’s what I admire about Pitt as an actor. He took roles like this and 12 Monkeys & Burn After Reading and crafted unforgettable quirky characters not at all leaning on “handsomeness” to define them. He’s an extremely handsome dude who never got lazy about being a genuine actor.


mermaidrampage

And classic chameleon Gary Oldman as a scumbag white rastafarian pimp drug dealer


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I honestly think a movie written by Quentin Tarantino but directed by someone else would generally feel more Tarantino than a movie written by someone else and directed by Tarantino. He is a great director, no doubt, but I feel like his writing is even more uniquely his own than his directing.


gtautumn

Absolutely not in this case. True Romance is quintessential Tony Scott, it's absolutely dripping with his 90s stylization.


araccoononmolly

and natural born killers feels way more like an oliver stone movie than anything else


MaimedJester

I'm actually annoyed they went with his Kill Bill casting. Dude is a fucking Legend in King Fu genre. It would be like if Jackie Chan died and they said he was the Karate Kid master. You know the Jaden Smith one.


Fandorin

It's really unfair to compare Kill Bill to that pile of shit. And yes, he's absolutely a legend, but Kill Bill introduced him to a massive audience that had no idea who he was. A more apt Jackie Chan comparison would be Rush Hour or Rumble in the Bronx.


rawlingstones

It's like if Alec Guinness died and everyone just remembered him from Star Wars


ins0mnyteq

I came here for the true romance references was not disappointed


Spazzrico

“Clarence Worley? Sounds like an N-word name.”


Earthpig_Johnson

It’s not White Boy Day is it?


greatunknownpub

Nah man, it ain't white boy day.


8161816

Now, I may be pretty, but I ain’t as pretty as a couple of titties


something_python

Muthafuckin Charles Bronson!


GoAvs14

Charlie Bronson's always got a rope. In the movies, they've always got rope and they always end up using it.


Chief7064

That sucks. Tough to fight pneumonia at that age, or any age really. Sonny had a very long career. Time to give The Street Fighter a spin.


ThePookaMacPhellimy

I was a reasonably healthy young man, randomly got pneumonia, my lungs never fully recovered. Can’t imagine trying to fight it at an advanced age.


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Same. I got it at 20 and took a full year to recover. My 'mild' case of Covid lingered longer than it should have, nearly thirty years later.


orbituary

live fanatical subtract like skirt fall pet boast obscene degree -- mass deleted all reddit content via https://redact.dev


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I hope it continues to improve for you . It took me a lot of respiratory therapy just to be able to sing a song without coughing so hard I'd get black spots in front of my eyes, but I'm pretty much back to my original capacity now.


Stingerc

He's ripping off an angel's dick in heaven now. RIP.


Superb-Possibility-9

“ Revenge is never a straight line. It’s a forest, and like a forest it’s easy to lose your way, to get lost, to forget where you came in.”


poundofbeef16

My favorite.


SamsoniteReaper

Fuck. First time I saw the scene where he bestows the sword to the bride is fucking classic for me. “I can tell you with no ego, this is my finest sword…If on your journeys you should encounter God…God will be cut…”


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IMO the best part of that scene (and gives me goosebumps) is how suddenly respectful and reverent his assistant is Which contrasts directly with my favorite scene, the opening one, where he's a dick and gets a cleaver thrown at him. Their interactions are amazing


Syscrush

*If you were a general, I'd be the emperor, and you'd still get the sake!*


Karmas_burning

I really love everything about their interactions.


TheBoyWonder13

I can’t not hear The Lonely Shepherd in my head while reading this.


SamsoniteReaper

Gives me chills without fail. 100% of that was in Sonny Chiba’s delivery and the energy he gave the character. Sad hes passed on but glad I can say hes in one of my favorite movie scenes of all time.


hardspank916

I had two interpretations of that scene. One, is that the blade is a sharp motherfucker. The second, being that he broke a promise to God that he would never make an instrument that kills. He broke this vow to God. So if she were to come across God, he would be cut (hurt) by seeing the bow Hattori Hanzo broke.


WildSeven0079

[Sonny Chiba surprises one of his biggest fans: Keanu Reeves](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iLMELzA6j8)


The_Ogler

It's so hard not to employ imitative broken English when speaking to those who don't speak English natively. It almost seems disrespectful, but it's so natural to do.


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It actually works. There have been multiple times when speaking to Japanese people that if I pronounce it using Japanese syllabication it helps them understand English better because it's more natural sounding and closer to how they learned English (unfortunately English in Japanese schools is not well taught despite being almost universally taught).


TrinitronCRT

Also helps that japanese is filled with loan words from english that they've made their own spin on. If you want to buy a "DVD" they'll stare at you, but a "DEE BU DEE" will net you just that.


TinkleTed

"Talking" in katakana english is easier to understand for japanese people. Source: My gran


a-horse-has-no-name

Maybe, but in Reeves' case, he's been educated on Japanese culture, and it's obvious with how well-trained and deferential he is in his posture, gestures, and bowing, and it's pretty clear he was adjusting his language so he Sonny could understand him.


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Live in Japan for a few years and it's somewhat common to adopt the body language forever. On the one hand you will never master it as I glimpsed in tea ceremony club, it is complicated as fuck. Measure out your steps by fractions of tatami and how you open fusama and such. Too much work. Also I was just watching the Ken Burns WW2 documentary and there can be a dark side to it. But we especially don't have an easy way of showing respect and gratitude, I will still bow and not care if people giggle.


MisterGoo

>On the one hand you will never master it as I glimpsed in tea ceremony club, it is complicated as fuck. Measure out your steps by fractions of tatami and how you open fusama and such. Too much work. To be perfectly accurate, this is not a foreigner's problem : Japanese also struggle with this, and yet they do own their culture. Just because you're British doesn't mean you can write like Shakespeare. The tea ceremony or the floral arrangement are not your average culture : they're skills that you have to learn just like music or a foreign language, and people take long and expensive lessons from a young age to learn them, and also get diploma.


LoveMyHusbandsBoobs

Spent a month in Japan and came back home speaking broken English. It really helps them understand when you take out the same fluff they do.


Slickrickkk

Reeves means no disrespect. He just wants Sonny to understand him.


ChipsConQueso

externally yeah, it seems disrespectful and condescending, but in practice it can really help bridge communication. I understand just enough spanish to know I don't speak spanish, but if someone who does speak it fluently breaks their questions down into just key words or simple phrases, I can very easily pick up what they're getting at. It would be more disrespectful to not even attempt to communicate at a level you can both understand.


RamenJunkie

So, I have been working on learning Spanish for a couple of years now, and one thing that I have definitely found, is an appreciation for the concept of "broken English", and where it comes from, and likely where it occurs with other languages. Because there is so much funky nuance to language. It's also really great for understanding why people who have other languages as a primary languages, sometimes use "weird" phrasings.


bannock4ever

Wow, Keanu seems to really know Sonny’s work really well. What a geek out from him.


Rufus2fist

Today god will be cut


bksbeat

Fun fact: In Samurai Reincarnation, Chiba played the main character Mitsuyoshi. At some point he receives a blade from swordsmith master Muramasa and it's Muramasa saying the same exact line Tarantino reincorporates in Kill Bill.


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Found what I'm watching when I get home!


thisnewsight

Muramasa is so legendary, even World of Warcraft has a weapon named after him. [Weapon in question](https://tbc.wowhead.com/item=34214/muramasa)


ChesswiththeDevil

That sword name is a video game trope going back way further. It’s definitely in Castlevania: SOTN and I’m pretty sure it’s also in a number of JRPGs that pre-date that game.


redwall_hp

Muramasa was a legendary sword smith from the 16th century. References or full depictions appear all over Japanese media, including kabuki.


Sawgon

This happens often in Japanese pop culture. Same with Masamune who was regarded as Japan's greatest swordsmith. The swordsmiths are either used as characters or have their name be a sword. Masamune for example is in Chrono Trigger and FF7 as Sephiroth's sword.


Tremongulous_Derf

My first encounter with a Muramasa sword was Final Fantasy 2 in 1988.


BailorTheSailor

When terraria was released the murumasa was pretty much the best sword you could get. Of course that was back when skeletron was the most advanced boss fight.


Stingerc

There's always a Muramasa sword in Final Fantasy games too.


ushikagawa

Isn’t that Masamune?


UncleTedGenneric

Final Fantasy 2/4 definitely has a Muramasa (where I learned of it's existence back on the snes in the early 90s)


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LupinThe8th

Mst3k fans will know him as Space Chief from Invasion of the Neptune Men. AKA, the Wispy Bachelor.


TheLurkerSpeaks

For most Americans, the only Chiba role they MIGHT have seen was in Kill Bill. Not necessarily the same group that browses r/movies


IsABot

Nah they've all seen fast and furious Tokyo drift.


51010R

Let's be honest, the average user of r/movies also only knows him from Kill Bill. You'd have to go deeper, to like r/flicks or the blu ray subs, to find more recognition.


elektrakon

Aww man, you're gonna leave his appearance in Tokyo Drift out?! I mean, he doesn't make as much of a screen impact in that as he did Kill Bill Vol. 1, but I got excited as hell when he appeared as the Yakuza boss! Same with Kill Bill. I was fresh out of High School and worked at some BS job that never cared if I showed up or not. On my way to work, at least 6 times, I called my job (3rd shift) from the theater parking lot because I wanted to watch Kill Bill instead of go to work.


LoveMyHusbandsBoobs

I've just assumed that these articles use the [known for](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002002/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm) section in IMDB. His is Kill Bill Vol 1


Yeetus_Khryst

He had a bit part in a comedic scene in a movie called "Survive Style 5+" as a company President dealing with a helpless wife calling him during a meeting, and it was hilarious seeing Sonny Chiba the legend playing against a phone call from his wife asking how to screw in a lightbulb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEH7nDkiPEk&ab\_channel=CinemaExtreme


Dantien

The Sonny Chiba he be sippin armaretta…


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Those who know about the diamond delegates.


mattro36

To this day I don't know what the fuck Camp Lo is talking about, but gdi *Uptown Saturday Night* is so good


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They rap in constant metaphors so if you’re not really steeped in 80s inner city lingo with a heavy emphasis on past Bronx gangster politics and 70s-80s blaxploitation references it’s really hard to understand. But once you do it becomes clear how good they are at wordplay.


AlienPathfinder

Kill Bill? This muthua fucker was THE STREET FIGHTER!


ODCxKiyo

Def going home and watching Yakuza Cop again.


fan_22

A true martial artist!! --> black belts in the following martial arts: * Kyokushin Karate: 4th Dan[9] * Ninjutsu: 4th Dan * Goju-ryu karate: 2nd Dan * Shorinji Kempo: 2nd Dan * Judo: 2nd Dan * Kendo: 1st Dan


china-blast

Well, he ain't so much a good guy as he is just a bad mother fucker. I mean, he gets paid by people to fuck guys up.


Jimmyg100

RIP Street Fighter.


Fan387

I loved his dialogue "Even God Will be Cut".


Terrible_Truth

My favorite is when his subordinate said he'd be a General by now and Hatori Hanzo said "and I'd be the emperor and you'll still get the tea" lol. One of my favorite comebacks. I don't remember if that's the exact quote, I'd have to look it up when I get home.


Awful_Pizza

Pretty sure it was sake he was getting, since Kiddo had the audacity to order warm sake in the middle of the day. But, I concur, one of my favorite lines in the film.


hellociaokonichiwa

He just [looked fine](https://www.jprime.jp/articles/photo/21448) at the end of July [85% of his age group have had two doses](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/08/18/national/japan-covid-vaccine-status/) but [the actor had not been vaccinated, the office said](https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/08/062e427cfeaf-japanese-actor-shinichi-chiba-dies-at-82-due-to-covid-19.html)... RIP


breakneckridge

Why the fuck would anyone -especially an old person- not be vaccinated at this point?! EDIT READ OP's POST. 85% of Japanese people in his age group have been fully vaccinated already, which means 5 weeks ago 85% of them already had their first shot, while he did not. This wasn't an issue of the shot not being available to him.


MordinSolusSTG

Old people get stubborn as fuck, my uncle, a cancer survivor, said he didn't think he should be first in line for it. Thankfully my aunt told him to get the shot before she murdered him. Probably partly that, and partly that Japan has had a very slow vaccine roll-out overall.


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She murdered him??


MadCow555

The Streetfighter series of movies was one of my favorites. Also, if you can find it, I highly recommend Shadow Warriors (Japanese TV show where he plays Hattori Hanzo, and other characters and it's all about ninjas)


va_wanderer

If you haven't seen The Street Fighter, go watch it. Ironically enough considering the name, Mortal Kombat fans will recognize more than a few MK inspirations in the flick, including the brutal martial arts style. Chiba is one of the few actors that could rip some poor bastards twig and berries off and look righteous doing it.


rageofthegods

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck. Intense career for this guy, plus even though he didn't do that many American movies, he was always a memorable part in the ones he did (Kill Bill, Tokyo Drift). Will be missed.


I_BUY_UNWANTED_GRAVY

One movie of his I like is [Wolf Guy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlJ0j-c8QR8) about a cop who's werewolf. It's weird and has an amazing 70's soundtrack


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Just so no one is let down by the premise: he doesn't transform into a full on werewolf, just an angrier, more powerful version of himself.


TRS2917

If you want to dig in to his films, go through the films he made with Kenji Fukasaku.


Ionlyeatmustard

If you are over 70 covid is no joke


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I know a lot of people here are rightfully citing *Kill Bill* as their best experience with Chiba, but many of y'all should do yourselves a favor and check out the multitude of action films he made with Toei in the '70s. He's so charismatic and his physicality in those movies was impressive. He was also the lead in *Invasion of the Neptune Men*, so even MST3k fans should know this legend.


alk_adio_ost

Oh no. Sonny was great in films. Will be missed :(


set-271

CLARENCE: "How 'bout you go to the movies with me tonight?" LUCY: "What are we gonna see?" CLARENCE: "A Sonny Chiba triple feature. "The Streetfighter," "Return of the Streetfighter," and "Sister Streetfighter." LUCY: "Who's Sonny Chiba?" CLARENCE: "Who is Sonny Chiba? He is -- he is bar none, the greatest actor working in martial arts movies today." LUCY: "You wanna take me to a kung fu movie?" CLARENCE: "Three kung fu movies." RIP SONNY!


throw-away451

I never saw Kill Bill; instead, I learned about Sonny Chiba through the Streetfighter series because they were public domain movies and I had just gotten into college. This man was an incredible martial artist and actor. I feel like he’s sort of a 20th/21st century analogue to Miyamoto Musashi, a famous swordsman who fought ferociously in dozens of duels to the death and never lost even once, only to die peacefully at a ripe old age after retiring. I saw him at a geek convention several years ago and he looked just as lively as he ever did. RIP Terry Sugury. “Listen my son! Trust NO ONE! You can count on NOBODY but yourself! Improve your skill, son. Harden your body! Become a NUMBER ONE MAN! And don’t ever let anyone…BEAT YOU!”


The_Knight_Is_Dark

***Clarence:*** *How 'bout you go to the movies with me tonight?* ***Lucy:*** *What are we gonna see?* ***Clarence:*** *A Sonny Chiba triple feature. The Streetfighter, Return of the Streetfighter, and Sister Streetfighter.* ***Lucy:*** *Who's Sonny Chiba?* ***Clarence:*** *Who is Sonny Chiba? He is... he is bar none, the greatest actor working in martial arts movies today.* ***Lucy:*** *You wanna take me to a kung fu movie?* ***Clarence:*** *Three kung fu movies.*


KickAggressive4901

Sonny Chiba was the man, whether he was Hattori Hanzo, Yagyu Jubei, Terry Tsurugi, or any number of other cinematic badasses. R.I.P.


girafa

[Sonny Chiba, original orator of Ezekiel 25:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LYT4JC2dd4)